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The Development of Greek Sculpture
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450-440 B.C.E.
540-515 B.C.E. c. 240 B.C.E.
Archaic Period
Classical Period
Hellenistic Period
700 B.C.E 480 B.C.E 323 B.C.E 30 B.C.EHomer Age of Pericles (461-429) Death of Alexander the Great (323)
Mantiklos Apolloc. 680 B.C.E.Bronze, 8” high
Astartec. 1700 B.C.E.Syria
Kroisosc. 540-515 B.C.E.marble, 6’4” high
Kourosc. 600-590 B.C.E.marble, 6’1” high
Menkaure and Wife2,500 B.C.E.
Kourosc. 600-590 B.C.E.
Kore630 B.C.E.Limestone, 24”
Korec. 530 B.C.E.Marble, 48”
Archaic Period
Classical Period
Hellenistic Period
700 B.C.E 480 B.C.E 323 B.C.E 30 B.C.E
Kritios Boyc. 480 B.C.E.Marble, 46”
MyronDiscobolosc. 450 B.C.E.Roman marble copyof bronze original
PolykleitosDoryphorosc. 450-440 B.C.E.Marble, 6’6”Roman copy
“. . . [beauty consists] in the proportions, not of the elements, but of the parts, that is to say, of finger to finger, and of all the fingers to the palm and the wrist, and of these to the forearm, and of the forearm to the upper arm, and of all the other parts to each other, as they are set forth in the Canon of Polykleitos.”
- Galen, 2nd century C.E.
Zeus ( Poseidon)c. 460 - 450 B.C.E.Bronze
PraxitelesAphrodite of Cnidus4th c. B.C.E.Roman marble copy
Porch of the Maidens, the Erechtheum, Acropolis, Athens, 421-405 B.C.E.
Archaic Period
Classical Period
Hellenistic Period
700 B.C.E 480 B.C.E 323 B.C.E 30 B.C.E
Dying Gaulc. 240 B.C.E.Roman marble copy after bronze original
Nike of Samothracec. 190 B.C.E.Marble, 8’ high
Laocoon1st cent. B.C.E.Marble, 8’ high
Aphrodite of Melos150 - 100 B.C.E.Marble, 6’ 10” high
Archaic
• Stiff• Painted colorfully• Big and bold• Naked men, clothed women – androgynous• Very symmetrical, but not proportional• Blank, standard faces w/ big eyes• Idealized, not lifelike, stylized• Same pose, based by egyptian
Classical
• More natural poses• Perfectly beautiful bodies – ideal proportions• Realistic – muscle and bone• Don’t show emotion
Hellenistic
• Heroic, flawed• Idealized body• Snapshot of life, shows a story• Emotion• Relate, connect to them• Fluid poses, motion• Technical skill, skin, fabric, faces, hair
Quiz
Portrait bust of a man1st c. B.C.E.Roman
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